tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52237352979161068722019-02-22T02:12:19.061-08:00Mejia MammaThis corner of the web is the “Mejia Mamma” family blog, where I document our busy little life of 3! Blogging has become very dear to my heart, since I 1st started in Aug.2008. It was an especially useful outlet (and better form of memory than my brain!) during my pregnancy with our 1st/only child. My blog allows me to let my thoughts flow, treasure our daily adventures amidst all the chaos in the simple day-to-day and let my creative side shine. Mejia Mammahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926172014692893209noreply@blogger.comBlogger585125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223735297916106872.post-52112549159079342532014-02-02T22:00:00.000-08:002014-03-25T14:28:02.620-07:00Cardiff Kook 5K RunI was so excited to sign up for the <a href="http://www.cardiffkookrun.com/">Cardiff Kook Run</a>...I hadn't done it in prior years, but from the looks of all the photos with people dressed up, I thought this would be such a fun 5K. (there's some <a href="http://thecardiffkook.org/">good history</a> on this statue!)<script type="text/javascript">
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With the race falling on Super Bowl Sunday, we thought it'd be fun to dress up like football players - but then we also had the idea of one of us dressing up like an actual football - Chels did a great job making her shirt! Her friend joined us as well, so I was planning on being a referee, but couldn't find anything to wear (without spending a lot on an actual ref shirt!).<br />
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People get crazzzzy with their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.703516696359176.1073741826.172879216089596&amp;type=3">costumes</a> though, and there is a prize for the winner...which this year was a group of people that dressed up like the COASTER! It was crazy!! Check out this&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=703531243024388&amp;set=a.703516696359176.1073741826.172879216089596&amp;type=1">Post</a> by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kookrun">CardiffKookRun.com</a>.</div>
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I found my SWEET glasses, fake tattoos, football whistles (which were annoyingly fun!) and green striped socks at Party City, the 'eye black' sickers from Sports Authority and the shirt randomly at Ross - it came together perfectly!</div>
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The run itself was beautiful - along Hwy 101... and though it was pretty cold when we first got there, it was the perfect running weather! Since the length of the 1/2 way mark for the 5K run didn't get down to the actual Cardiff Kook himself, we decided to drive down to see him &amp; take a few pics...then off to a yum breakfast! This will definitely be a yearly run for me! Can't wait to think up another outfit to wear!<br />
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<br />Mejia Mammahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926172014692893209noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223735297916106872.post-4643571515457136392014-01-26T23:00:00.000-08:002014-03-25T11:28:45.811-07:00San Clemente Girls DayHaving a girls day is the best form of therapy, in my opinion!!<script type="text/javascript">
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With my friend Nic &amp; my sister's bdays just a few weeks apart, we decided to do a joint brunch/pedi day up in San Clemente - which is really a quick drive up the 5, in the cutest little surfer town (besides my beloved Encinitas of course!)</div>
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We had planned to eat at the Beach Garden Cafe, but after quite a long wait outside, with no end in sight - we were getting antsy. I hadn't realized how tiny this place was! So a few girls walked over to check out a restaurant across the street on the pier overlooking the ocean... they came back &amp; said NO wait, and super cheap mimosas...deal!</div>
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After a delish brunch, we hoped over to our pedi appointment at <a href="http://www.oceanviewnails.com/">Ocean View Nails</a> - though there really was no 'view', the place was very cute and they were able to accommodate all 5 of us for spa pedicures at the same time (I had emailed them in advance).</div>
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A friend had told me about this place down in Mission Valley, where she had an amazing casserole dish of spaghetti squash (for her first time!), so I looked it up: &nbsp;<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://truefoodkitchen.com/">True Food Kitchen</a>&nbsp;</span></b></div>
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This place was perfect!!! We loved how the dining space &amp; kitchen area is very open...with simple, clean design &amp; decor. Per True Food Kitchen "<span style="background-color: #f5f5f1; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica Neue LT Std', 'Helvetica LT Std', Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.999940872192383px;"><i>celebrates the simple, pure flavors of quality local and regional ingredients with a menu that tastes great while nourishing your mind, body and spirit.</i></span>"<br />
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The food was so great and our server was awesome...definitely going there again soon!&nbsp;</div>
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For her gift, I decided to put together a fun gift basket with all sorts of goodies I knew she either liked or wanted or needed :-) &nbsp;She absolutely loved it...so glad I took the time to actually take note of things she's mentioned in the past and did some research on a few things.</div>
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<li>Bacon from <a href="http://petespaleo.com/">Pete's Paelo&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;(recommended to me by Tonja at <a href="http://www.flametofork.com/">Flame to Fork</a>!)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.chameleoncoldbrew.com/">Chameleon Cold Brew</a> Coffee</li>
<li><a href="http://www.livebeaming.com/">Beaming </a>Gift Card</li>
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<li>"C" initial notebook</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/1/1/139327-packit-8-inch-lunch-bag-the-wild.html">PackIt </a>insulated lunch bag</li>
<li>Pair of mini spatulas&nbsp;from <a href="http://www.surlatable.com/">Sur La Table</a></li>
<li>A mini wisk from Sur La Table</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Phillips-3-Row-Teasing-Brush/dp/B001DBPZQE">Phillips TeaZe bru</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Phillips-3-Row-Teasing-Brush/dp/B001DBPZQE">sh</a> (my fav!)&nbsp;</li>
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She is the bittiest little one year old I've ever seen, it's too cute! Her mamma, Nic &amp; I made the adorrrrable "ONE" letters, complete with round wooden 'ears' &amp; a bow to resemble Minnie Mouse (the party theme).<br />
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And per mommy's request I made her a big fluffy, 2-toned pink tutu...and was going to make the headband - but then I found one with matching 'shoe' socks at Ross for basically cheaper than I could make it - so that was perfect!<br />
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Unfortunately, Kapri had started sneezing yesterday....which got me worried...and for good reason. By 11ish, she had used up what little energy she had and her body gave in to this oncoming cold...I'm sure all the sugar from the doughnut holes, fruit, juice &amp; a cupcake surely did not help. It was time for a nap.<br />
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After her nap...she felt 'okay' - so we decided with our original plan &amp; headed to another friends house for to celebrate Arden's 6th birthday. Kapri has known Arden her entire life, starting with weekly beach walks when she was a baby, to being cared for once a week for a few hours at their home at 4 months old... and play-dates in-between, and seeing each other dressed up on at our annual Halloween party at work.<br />
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Upon arrival K definitely did not seem 100%...so we gave it an hour, snapped this really cute pic somehow, then had to go...her little lungs get so irratated with an oncoming cold...and lucky us, we didn't have her inhaler. When she started complaining that her chest hurt, I panicked and I drove as fast as I could home. Thank goodness for the nebulizer &amp; albuterol meds....though I hate how much we depend on it during sickness...it really is a life-savor.<br />
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Later, we were all supposed to go to a THIRD party - for James' dad's retirement party...<br />
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But with K's condition not improving, I knew she wouldn't be able to make it through. We thought about having my sis watch her while James &amp; I went...but she got worse, so I stayed home while he went. We were definitely sad to have missed it, especially since her cousins who she loves tremendously, had made the trip out from AZ to be there as well....and since I had made him the above photo collage. &nbsp;But the most important thing was to get K rested &amp; feeling better ASAP.<br />
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Oh the ups &amp; downs of parenting...<br />
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So my search began for a large frame, wide enough to fit the bibs and to hang the medals. I kept striking out store after store....when finally, buried in a back clearance aisle at Michael's, I found these 2 grey frames that were PERFECT!</div>
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January was James' - though he didn't have to plan much, as we decided to use a <a href="http://www.cohnrestaurants.com/giftcards">gift card to Cohn Restaurants</a>, that we'd gotten from his dad for Christmas. We selected a place nearby, (rather than downtown where most the other restaurants were) called "<b><a href="http://www.cohnrestaurants.com/vintana">Vintana wine + dine</a></b>" - and it was amazing!</div>
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This place was oddly above a Lexus car dealership - but it was actually quite beautiful. They had an awesome outside patio with firepits &amp; heaters and tons of cozy seating where you could have a drink while waiting for your table. I couldn't believe how busy this place was, especially for a Wednesday night. And although we got there wayyy earlier than our reservation, we were seated within 15-20 minutes which was perfect!&nbsp;</div>
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Over to Pinterest I went and found this awesome tutorial: "<a href="http://www.creatinglaura.com/2012/04/no-sew-t-shirt-to-tank-top-project.html">No-Sew T-shirt to Tank Top</a>". I had a few blah t-shirts from past runs that I knew would be perfect for this transformation! Here's one that I got from the Run or Dye 5K:</div>
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Then at Joann's, I saw these neon colored shirts on sale - 3 for $9! So I got pink, blue &amp; green. After I washed &amp; dried them, I stenciled on "Run Rest Repeat" with fabric paint onto the green one, love how it turned out!</div>
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Kapri spent the night at Grammy's with her 2 cousins...and my sister Chelsea &amp; her BF Andrew came over to 'cheers' to the New Year, before they went to dinner &amp; to hang with friends in another part of town.<br />
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After our sweet photo sesh, we headed out to have fun ringing in the New Year with the hubs &amp; some friends at a club in downtown San Diego:<br />
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While being out, I decided it was time to turn over a new leaf...make a new tradition. I realized that I would much rather have gone to a really nice dinner, reflected on the past year's ups &amp; downs together... and rang in the New Year with a glass or two of champagne at home with my loves...and/or maybe with a few friends over ---- in our PJ's, banging on pots &amp; pans like when I was little!&nbsp;</div>
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CHEERS to the NEW YEAR! I can feel there will be lots of transition in store for our little family of 3...</div>
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OH - and '<a href="http://mejiamamma.blogspot.com/2012/01/hopeful-2012-goals.html">goals of the year</a>' - as I like to call them:<br />
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...Our joint New Year's Resolution....is one date night per month (we had hardly any last year). Since we married on "8/22", we decided that every other month James would plan it (on the 8th) and every other month in between, I would plan it (on the 22nd). So, something fun to look forward to...planning on checking for unique 'activity' type deals Groupon &amp; Living Social!<br />
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Kapri got upgraded to a backless booster seat today - and we all could not be happier! She's so tall for her age: &nbsp;3 ft &amp; 7.5 in. tall -- which is in the 90th percentile...<br />
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Christmas Eve, Kapri &amp; I made JUMBO cookies for Santa as usual...but this time, we also remember to leave out carrots for his reindeer as well, phew! I had to wear this adorable red sweater with a stripped bow on it, that was given to me by Chloe's mom, Rain...she said the color didn't look good on her &amp; would suit me more - so voila, it's mine now and I love it!! Thanks girl!<br />
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Christmas morning was early...with an eager 4 year old, ready to see what Santa brought her. As she told him in the<a href="http://mejiamamma.blogspot.com/2013/12/dear-santa.html"> letter she mailed</a> him, she was soooo excited when she opened up her very special musical ballerina jewelry box, and her big fluffy unicorn doll (from the Despicable Me movie)! Also popular this year, was all the My Little Pony goodies she scored...she's obsessed this year.<br />
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Later, we had my mom, sisters &amp; Chels' BF Andrew over for our annual brunch... I make a pretty spectacular breakfast casserole that gets devoured every time. Chels brought a 'paleo' friendly cinnamon bread/cake that was delish! And KayLee made a HUGE fruit salad to balance it all off...yum yum!<br />
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Among some other things I gifted...I found this awesome body scrub trio at Trader Joe's in late November/early December, and luckily scooped up 6 of them as quick as I could (one for myself of course!) - and never saw them re-stocked again after that day (and I go every week!). Thank goodness I did because they were a huge hit with the ladies in my fam:<br />
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Such a wonderful Christmas...so many memories that I'm grateful to have made with my family!<br />
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Mejia Mammahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926172014692893209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223735297916106872.post-39851376548384101422013-12-24T23:30:00.000-08:002014-02-04T17:10:49.742-08:00Bye Buddy!! {Recap of his 2013 sneaky ways}Til next Christmas season Buddy...always great having you in the house during the month of December! Here's a recap of all his sneakiness for the last 24 days!<br />
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And now...I present to you my personal fav of the year: &nbsp;Buddy's re-enactment of Miley Cyrus' &amp; the Wrecking Ball...hahahahaha...it's just too much!</div>
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After the quick walk around the first place...a few of us decided to extended the evening and go check out our normal place, Christmas Card Lane - we've gone here since Kapri was a little baby, 4 years ago. It really is awesome...the kids just LOVE all the character boards set up along people yards. And K is starting to remember certain ones too...god her memory is beyond me sometimes.<br />
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We stopped for a quick bite to eat before going to the <a href="http://carlsbad.patch.com/listings/carlsbad-cultural-arts-center">Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center</a> - which we've actually been to once before to see Seussical the Musical (so fun!). We made it there just in time and the girls were in awe the entire performance. I can only imagine what they must've been thinking - it all must seem so magical in the eyes of a 4 year old girl...especially ones that have done ballet themselves and in a way, hold a ballerina high on a pedestal with their beauty &amp; grace.<br />
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Since it was her last Holiday party at this school, we invited my mom, sisters and James' mom &amp; her husband - sadly, because she felt really poorly right after performing, we didn't get any other group/fam pics with her other than these :-(<br />
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The show.... which took FOREVER to start. Online said it started at 5:30pm...however I don't think it finally got to where we could see until closer to 7!!! Come to find, that it "<i>proceeds from Shelter Island past Harbor Island, the Embarcadero, Seaport &nbsp;Village, and Ferry Landing in Coronado.</i>" - I had no idea it would take that long to go from place to place...oye.<br />
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Since Christmas is just around the corner, we decided to wear little Santa hats, cute red/white striped socks and red tanks to get in the spirit... soooo many others had the same ideas! We had tried to find white leggings (to wear under black shorts)...so that the color would show better - but had terrible luck finding any!<br />
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The guys at the start line, did a GREAT job hyping up the crowd...there was awesome music and such amazing energy from everyone around us. Every once &amp; awhile people would throw up the dye packs and we'd get splash here &amp; there.<br />
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The run itself wasn't anything spectacular, as it was just around the parking lot of Qualcomm Stadium... so ti was rather drab - I think the best parts were seeing everyone in fun costumes and the anticipation of being BLASTED by color at each 'station'.<br />
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She thanked him for coming on the Holiday Train ride, and sitting with her to talk about what she wanted for Christmas - a jewelry box and a unicorn doll. Then we sealed it up, addressed it to the North Pole, and took it to the Post Office so she could buy a stamp &amp; mail it off all by herself.<br />
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About a week later, we woke up one morning and Buddy was at the top of our Christmas tree holding a BIG, beautifully decorated envelope, which had a fancy reply letter from Santa himself (with a little help from moi!). She was sooo happy to get such a personalized letter from him!<br />
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So I had heard of this thing they do on the Coaster every holiday season called "<a href="http://www.gonctd.com/coaster-holiday-express">Holiday Coaster Express</a>" - which apparently sells out each year. It's only on one day, and only 2 different times. Luckily I had thought about it ahead of time, and took note when the website said tickets would go on sale. I put a calendar reminder for the day of, to remind me to buy the tickets...which are only $6 a person!<br />
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K picked out a new skirt I had bought her, and of course coordinated with a brightly colored necklace (that she'd got during our trip to AR), and her fav silver sparkly crown headband - that girl cannot go ANYwhere without a headband on these days....even better if it's a 'crown' headband!!<br />
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When we arrived at the station she was SO excited to be getting on a train again, her 2nd time ever. Then we finally told her what we were there for - to have a special visit from Santa &amp; some of his buddies!! The total time we'd have on the train was about 90 minutes...so I figured Santa would be towards the end, and that they'd have a few different Christmas characters coming around as well. However the information originally provided on their site was a bit misleading - as only the Grinch made a quick appearance in the beginning - then NOTHING until the end when Santa, and later Mrs. Claus, made they're way in. I also read that there would be 'caroling' - but there was none, not even some faint Christmas music playing in the background, so that bummed me out.</div>
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In all, we had an <i>okay</i> time - but we were really surprised that this 'sells out' every year... for something that wasn't really well planned. I figured that with a ton of kids on each car of the train, you think they'd have a couple different characters coming by to entertain them - an hour &amp; a half is a long time to have them just sitting there. Literally after we saw the Grinch, it was probably 45 minutes until Santa came. So the entire train ride, Kapri was so anxious, and kept anticipated the next one.... so that was a little disappointing (and the people of the NCTD definitely received a little email from me with my thoughts on the whole thing).<br />
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For example... a deal for holiday cards from <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/%E2%80%8E">Zazzle</a> (75 with envelopes) and for a photo session at <a href="http://www.jcpenney.com/%E2%80%8E">JCP</a>:</div>
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From those I made a little FB profile pic for December (edits via&nbsp;<a href="http://www.picmonkey.com/?">PicMonkey</a>):</div>
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The quality of these cards was SO great....the selection was amazing (they had a page for Groupon purchasers only), they were delivered very quickly and were a nice, thick card-stock...I just loved how they turned out! I had never heard of Zazzle prior to seeing/buying that Groupon deal, but I'm now officially a huge fan and hope to order from them again in the future.<br />
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I should note: &nbsp;Buddy underwent a quick...very mild surgery this year as well - he now is the proud owner of BENDABLE LIMBS!!</div>
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It was pretty easy really....just found a little how-to online, and I had all the supplies on hand. It took me probably 45 min to do all 4 limbs from start to finish. SO excited to be able to place him in funny positions/places and have him holding onto things himself, instead of TAPE everywhere!<br />
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Welcome back to your home away from home Buddy!</div>
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Of course I picked one of our traditional bday dinner spots - Fidel's in Solana Beach - and had some great people there with me to celebrate:</div>
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Thanks to everyone for E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. and making my 31st birthday as awesome as it was!! Love you all dearly :-)</div>
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Like, we literally are sisters from another mister in a past life or something. We have very similar style &amp; tastes (obvs, we picked <i>brothers</i>!!), we love the same shows, we worked at the same company for awhile, we can craft diaper cakes together like no one's biz, and we even have the same brain - swear. Constantly saying the same things (either in person, or over IM/texts) at the same times...so weird. But I love it!</div>
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Sadly, she couldn't make it to my early bday paint/wine night since it was on a Sunday evening &amp; they now live up in LA... but she wanted to celebrate my birthday when they were down for the Thanksgiving weekend. So she reserved Friday afternoon with just me...and planned a surprise SPA DAY - just for us.</div>
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Upon arrival at the famous <a href="http://www.lacosta.com/%E2%80%8E">La Costa Resort &amp; Spa</a> (<i>which I live down the street from and have NEVER been!</i>) - we got a tour of the gorgeous spa, pool area &amp; surrounding grounds... then put on our bathing suits &amp; robes...so cozy. It was a bit chilly, but perfect jacuzzi weather...but not before we sat down for some delish lunch...the chicken lettuce wraps were spectacular!</div>
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After sipping some champ &amp; chit-chatting in the jacuzzi for a bit, we got ready for our massages - which was one of the best massages I'd ever gotten...wowza - I felt like jello afterwards, in a good way, haha!<br />
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Thank you Manda for SUCH a fabulous, pampered birthday.... you are a GEM and I'm so incredibly grateful to have you in my life! xoxoxoxo<br />
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Sureeee the FOOD is spectacular...all my fav things on one table (or more in our case, with different families to visit, sometimes on different days too!). But I just love how one whole day is dedicated to remember how THANKFUL we should be for soooo many things. Just take a look at our annual "<b>Thankful Board</b>":</div>
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This year Kapri could contribute to the board, by writing what she's thankful for all by herself! Note the few scribbles along the bottom: "<i>Thanksgiving, Friends, Cookies, Trees, Mom &amp; Dad</i>" - adorable.</div>
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We started the day off super early....and not to get up &amp; put a turkey in the oven....but instead, Nic, Amanda, Trav &amp; I (<i>oh and Nic's two kids, one of whom was pushed in the jogger by Trav, bless his heart and strong legs!!</i>) all decided to do the <a href="http://www.osideturkeytrot.com/">Oceanside Turkey Trot 5K</a> - that was a first for us! We were all so excited to run and burn some calories before we went to our separate places to fill our bellies.<br>
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It was SUCH a beautiful morning...and to top it off, we ended the last leg of our run on the boardwalk, right along the beach - seriously perfect.<br>
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I was SO proud of Nic &amp; Amanda - for both running (or at least slow jogging at times) the ENTIRE 3 miles. I had taken up running again here &amp; there, finally being able to run 2-3 miles without rest/walking (<i>thanks to all my strength training and HIIT classes!!</i>!)...but neither of them had really prepped in terms of running prior. But they powered through and we all finished together. SUCCESS!!<br>
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Way to go ladies!!!<br>
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After the race, I headed home to get ready for dinner at my aunts....which I sadly only took TWO flipping pictures...um whattttt?! Who am I??<br>
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<div><br></div>Oh and this ahhhdorable one of K waiting ever so patiently on my bed, waiting for me to get ready....while reading a book to her babies! Melt.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9A_13pmgKUs/UuLx0kBkWiI/AAAAAAAAIlY/t3nJBqb9wHM/s640/blogger-image-1257667193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9A_13pmgKUs/UuLx0kBkWiI/AAAAAAAAIlY/t3nJBqb9wHM/s640/blogger-image-1257667193.jpg"></a></div><br>
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Then the next day we had another Thanksgiving Dinner with James' mom, her hubby, Steve &amp; Amanda - I made sure to get a least more than two pics this time!!<br>
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!! Gobble Gobble!<br>
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